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Football Hall of Fame HistoryThe History of the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio Summer, 1962Spurred by the Canton Repository's editorial campaign, city leaders had won site designation from the National Football League and had launched a fund-raising campaign that would net $378,026. On August 11, ground-breaking ceremonies launched the original construction phase of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. September 7, 1963 The sparkling and modern 19,000-square-foot, two-building Pro Football Hall of Fame was officially opened. Inducted that day was the Hall's charter class of 17 enshrinees. April 15, 1970 Ground-breaking rites were observed as the Pro Football Hall of Fame launched an ambitious $620,000 expansion. May 10, 1971 The Pro Football Hall of Fame became a three building, 34,000-square-foot complex featuring greatly increased space for the display areas, movie theater, gift shop and research library. Visitor attendance reached 200,000 annually for the first time in 1971. November 14, 1977 Ground was broken for the $1,200,000 second expansion of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. November 20, 1978 The Pro Football Hall of Fame became a four building, 50,500 square-foot complex with exciting new display areas, a twice-as-big theater and greatly-enlarged gift shop and research library facilities. July, 1993 The Hall's third expansion, and $9.2 million project that would add a fifth building and increase the Pro Football Hall of Fame size by 64% to 82,307 square feet, is announced. The first phase of the project was launched in January, 1994. July 7, 1994 Formal ground-breaking took place for the second-and largest-phase of the expansion. October 1, 1995 The Pro Football Hall of Fame most ambitious expansion was completed. New displays and the long-awaited Game Day Stadium showing the "100-Yard Universe", an NFL Films production, were the final pieces in the expansion puzzle.
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